One of the greatest gymnasts of all time has nothing but praise for Simone Biles.
PEOPLE caught up with 5-time Olympic gold medalist Nadia Comăneci at an Olympic preview event, and she predicted great things from Biles, who currently has 4 Olympic gold medals.
“Everybody is there to watch her compete,” Comăneci, 62, told PEOPLE at the Gold Meets Golden event in March ahead of the 2024 Paris Games.
When asked about the technical bar that Biles, 27, has raised in the sport, Comăneci explained, “This is what she’s doing now for this generation. She’s somewhere so high that everyone is looking at her and saying, ‘Yeah, I’m going to try to do that in my own way.’ ”
Biles brings an arsenal of difficult moves to Paris (including five different skills named after her) — her third Games following Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and Tokyo in 2021.
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